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Direct linkLong, Kenneth – College Teaching, 2008
In the fall 2005 semester, the author designed a course in the history of America's modern wars hoping to encourage students to criticize and oppose the country's current aggressions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Surveys of student attitude change suggest that the course did promote criticism but did far less to facilitate student activism. The author…
Descriptors: Modern History, Student Attitudes, Activism, Attitude Change
Peer reviewedSabato, George – Social Studies Review, 1991
Explains a method for teaching current events that helps students understand an event's setting, character, vocabulary, and plot. Provides a lesson that approaches the Persian Gulf crisis as a living novel. Uses news stories for information. Includes review questions, suggested activities, and a Middle Eastern parable. (CH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Current Events, Fiction
